Rocks, rocks and more rocks!!

So we climbed up and over the Wave Rock at Hyden and Bun reckoned he was 'underwhelmed' LOL  He said he expected from looking at the brochures that it was about a kilometre long and it was about 40-50 metres!

We were more impressed with some of the other rocks that we had already seen but he had a surf on it anyway.

This ski club lake is really out in the wheatbelt country!  Only 6 boats are allowed out at any one time and that would be a squeeze too.  I loved the toilet signs, inboard and outboard LOL

More rock climbing.....

The bike has been off the truck a few times too, it's lovely to be able to zip around easily sometimes and leave the truck hooked up.

The beach above was just east of Hopetoun, there are rocks along a section so it makes a real noise as the waves break.

While we were at Hopetoun, we found that the slide-out pantry had come loose from it's moorings so Bun did a repair job.  I think it had not been put in properly anyway as it seems to be working better than before.

As we left Hopetoun, we drove through Fitzgerald National Park on the way to Bremer Bay.

I'm going for the windswept look I think!  It's now nearly 3 months since a haircut and if I wasn't going to be home VERY soon, I swear I would have let Bun loose with the clippers before now!!

Just on dusk at Bremer Bay this kookaburra sat just near us.

We went for a drive to the local shops and discovered on arrival that we'd left the towel rack hanging off the back of the truck LOL   Gave us a good laugh anyway, Bun said he was giving it a blow dry!

After Bremer Bay, we took the scenic route to Albany.   On the way we called in to Millers Point and Cheynes Beach, a couple of places we could have stayed longer at.  Sometimes it's a pain having to meet a schedule :(

Albany is a very pretty spot with plenty of water views.  Having rung Liz and John (the couple that we met at Westonia) for a few clues on what things we should see, they invited us to camp out at their place.  They live on 100 acres a few kms out of town.   We had 3 great days there, doing the full-on tourist thing during the day and then spending the late afternoon into evening with them.  It's been wonderful when traveling to meet new people and find that you just click and have so much in common, John and Bun have very similar senses of humour!

We did the boardwalk around Mt Adelaide and were lucky enough to see this ship escorted through  the heads into port.  It was a Chinese supply ship coming in to stock up on fuel and supplies for the ships still out searching for the black box.

We also visited the old whaling station to see the history of the industry.

Urgh!! See what I mean about the hair??

Bun went on the Cheyne IV for a look around and for once, I got a photo of the front of him.  So often, I am trying to take and photo and he just walks away, the bugger!

Bun with Liz and John, I told them they had to make an appearance on the blog :)

After Albany, we had to go to through Denmark and onto Walpole as Bun had plans to do the Tree Top Walk.  Again, Bun's expectation of the walk was set a little too high?  He just said that maybe he expects all experiences to measure up to the Transformers Ride at Universal Studios??

We spent the night at Peaceful Bay, just east of Walpole.  

I think that Bigfoot was staying there too!

After a night at Pemberton where I had tea that consisted of 2 marron (cost $31!!) that are just like large yabbies, we went via the very winding scenic route to Greenbushes.  There was a free camp behind the sports ovals so that was a good spot.  We haven't done a lot of free camping so far this trip, first because of the heat, but more so now because there are towns and people everywhere.  We are hoping to do a lot more as we go north.

How's this for a great idea for a chandalier??  Plus you would always be able to find a glass for a drink!

Bun found a new girlfriend in Walpole :))   Zoom in on the photo because she is seriously scary LOL

In Pemberton, we went for a ride to look at the Gloucester Tree.  We couldn't believe that these days you would be able to climb this tree without real cages to 'keep you safe'!

We have been staying off the highways as much as possible so we can see more of the countryside. It makes the trip so much more interesting.  We are now at Binningup Beach and will drive up to Rockingham in the morning.  As it's now school holidays as well as the lead up to Easter and Anzac, we've stayed away from the coast the last couple of days and will be glad to be settled somewhere for that period.

In the last couple of days, I've been in contact with a lady from Murchison and we have somewhere to head when we return from SA.  She and her husband run a roadhouse/caravan park there.  We will be staying for a few weeks and helping out with whatever needs doing there.  It's nice to have something sorted as Bun has just started to get a bit 'toey' about not having something to do :)

Only 10 days now until we fly back into Adelaide so we're looking forward to see all the kids again!!!

Cheers

Anne